The Essential Buffett

Applying Buffett's principles to technology and internationalinvesting From the bestselling author of The Warren Buffett Way and TheWarren Buffett Portfolio comes The Essential Buffett:Timeless Principles for the New Economy. In this fresh take onBuffett's irrefutable investment methods, Robert Hagstrom showsreaders how to apply Buffett's principles to technology andinternational investing using real-life case studies of successfulfund managers like Legg Mason's Bill Miller. Following the Buffett model, Hagstrom explains Buffett's fourtimeless principles: 1) analyze a stock as a business; 2) demand amargin of safety for each purchase; 3) manage a focus portfolio; 4)protect yourself from the speculative and emotional forces of themarket. Then Hagstrom shows how Buffett's thinking can be appliedin the new economy, addressing technology investing, internationalinvesting, small cap stocks, and socially responsible investing.Perhaps most valuable are Hagstrom's insights into the psychologybehind Buffett's focus investing. For the first time, we are givensure-fire guidelines on how to become a winning Buffettdisciple. The Essential Buffett will include convenient sidebars featuringkey Buffett ideas, enabling readers to quickly compare Buffett'sfundamental tenets.